Actually, if the car breaks, in the past you could start with a new car, either from the back or from pit lane (I forget). Now that they've gotten rid of the backup cars in F1, they can completely reassemble the car from the ground up with new parts and do the same thing (start from the back or from pit lane). In that sense, F1 is more about the driver qualifying and less about the specific car. It may seem odd, but that's what I've been reading in random internet forums written by random internet experts.
Regardless, a rumor has it that Ferrari might pull Kimi out of the race too, in honor of Massa.
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Last edited by Nick Koan; 2009-07-25 at 09:44 PM.
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